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abaxial

Syllables: ab·ax·i·alUS/ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/

abaxial adjective: of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal.

Adjective

abaxial (not comparable)

  1. Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal.
    • The lobule margins, furthermore, are arched away from the lobe, with the consequence that (when fully inflated) the abaxial leaf surface forms the interior lining of the lobule.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 7
    Synonyms:
    dorsal
  2. Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.

abaxial meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

abaxial in Tamil

அச்சுக்கெதிர்ப்புறமான, கீழ்பக்கம், அச்சு விலகிய

abaxial in Malayalam

botany, zoology: of a side away from central line
അബാക്സിയൽ abāksiyal, അപാക്ഷം apākṣaṁ

abaxial in Kannada

ಅಚ್ಚುತಪ್ಪಿದ, ಎದುರಚ್ಚಿನ

Synonyms of abaxial

Antonyms

Forms of abaxial

alternative formabaxile

Origin of abaxial

From ab- (“away from”) + axial (“axis”).

Words formed from abaxial

Questions about abaxial

What does abaxial mean?
Abaxial means of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf, or the back of an animal.
What is abaxial in Tamil?
Abaxial in Tamil is அச்சுக்கெதிர்ப்புறமான, கீழ்பக்கம், அச்சு விலகிய. See Abaxial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is abaxial?
Abaxial is an adjective.
How do you pronounce abaxial?
Abaxial is pronounced /ˌæˈbæk.si.əl/ (US).

Words near abaxial in the dictionary

  1. abatwa
  2. Abau
  3. abaucin
  4. ABAWD
  5. abax
  6. abaxial
  7. abaxialization
  8. abaxializations
  9. abaxialize
  10. abaxialized
  11. abaxializes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abaxial (page history and authors); abaxial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); abaxial (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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